Music for Coding 1
Luke,on the topic of  Coding Music
03.12.2009   |   8comment

Coding always goes much better and smoother with a good environment to code in. I think that a good part of creating that environment is music. Mike and I always think it is fun to crank up the Mortal Combat theme song when working on squashing an IE6 bug. Gets you all charged up to take it down! Anyways, we will start posting an album now and again of music we like to play when coding. If you have any you like please feel free to comment.

ratatatThe first album is a favorite of mine. It is by Ratatat and the album is called Classics. I highly recommend it. If you get it make sure you listen for the wildcat growl.

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Safari 4.0 Beta
Luke,on the topic of  Apple, Browsers
02.24.2009   |   0comment

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Apple released a public beta version of Safari 4 today. It looks really good! Here is a list of some of the new features. For a full list check out Apple’s website.

  • Developer Tools (similar but different than FireBug)
  • Passed the Acid 3 Test
  • CSS Effects
  • Tabs on Top
  • Cover Flow bookmars

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Show Full File Paths in Finder
Luke,on the topic of  Apple
02.23.2009   |   6comment

The only real gripe I have had about OSX is that when I have a file highlighted in the Finder I want to look at a glance somewhere to see where exactly that file is. I have actually had a couple discussions with others that have not switched to a Mac because of this. I just lived on wondering why this feature was not available. Then I stumbled upon this in my RSS reader. The good guys over at TUAW had an answer! Once enabled, this is what you will see in any open Finder window.

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To get this working on your mac open a terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and then paste in this script and press enter. You will have to restart Finder to see your new and improved window.

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES

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Easy to Create Site Maps
Luke,on the topic of  Tools
02.23.2009   |   0comment

write-mapsI am often creating site maps for clients so they can see how all the pages of their website will be linked together. It also helps me get a feel for how the entire website will work as a whole. Write Maps has created a quick way to create these maps. The process is all done online so your website maps can be accessible anywhere you have the internet. We have found that when a solid base is used a website can be built with a lot less errors. Getting a final site map is key to getting that solid base that will be behind any website.

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Multi Fire Fox
Luke,on the topic of  Apple, Browsers
02.20.2009   |   4comment

multifirefoxAs a front end guy I am always looking for ways to help our website look the same in all browsers. When FireFox 3 came out I was all excited for a new browser, however this also means that I would have yet another browser to test in until FireFox 2 phases out. I have noticed some small differences in how FF2 and FF3 render. I came across this little tool that lets me run both of them at the same time. It is called MultiFireFox. It will let you keep all your plug-ins for each version as well. That means that we can use fire bug on both version to help with debugging. I think this version is only for the Mac but for you PC users our there check this out. I’m not sure if there is anything like this for Linux.

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Code Greene has a Blog!
Luke,on the topic of  News
02.20.2009   |   0comment

It has taken us a while to find time to get our own blog up and running. We have had some spare time the last week so we got it going. The design was done by one of our designers Mike Metcalf. He has a fine eye for detail and he thought of all the little elements that go into a blog. He got busy with some client work so I integrated his design into Word Press and he helped fine tune some things when I was done. We learned some things along the way of building this blog and will blog about those in the days to come. We also plan to blog about the projects we are working on, the techniques we use, and mix in some fun stuff that goes on at Code Greene as well. Stay Tuned!

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